Robotic conflict: Product-liability suits over surgical device could lead to med-mal actions

A U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation in Cleveland heard arguments last week for consolidation and coordination of a half-dozen product-liability cases involving the da Vinci surgical robot.
The complaints, which include a Michigan-based case, allege that the minimally invasive surgical device caused severe — and, in one case, fatal — injuries due to product defects ...